Author: Morgan O’Brien

  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 14, 1941, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the Atlantic Charter.

  • Mae Krier

    Mae Krier

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    Morgan O’Brien

    Mae Krier was a Rosie the Riveter.

  • Aztec Empire Falls

    Aztec Empire Falls

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 13, 1521, the Aztec empire fell.

  • Edison Invents Phonograph

    Edison Invents Phonograph

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 12, 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.

  • Meat Rain

    Meat Rain

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    Morgan O’Brien

    In 1872, meat started falling in the sky over Bath County, Kentucky.

  • MLB Labor Strike

    MLB Labor Strike

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 11, 1994, the MLB labor strike began.

  • Abdol Hossein Sardari

    Abdol Hossein Sardari

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    Morgan O’Brien

    Abdol Hossein Sardari saved countless Parisian Jews from Nazis.

  • RBG Sworn In

    RBG Sworn In

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 10, 1943, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as an Associate Supreme Court Justice.

  • Katherine Hepburn

    Katherine Hepburn

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    Morgan O’Brien

    Katherine Hepburn was the Queen of Hollywood.

  • Pompey Defeated By Caesar

    Pompey Defeated By Caesar

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 9, 48CE, Pompey suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of Julius Caesar.